PENN Controls celebrated 100 years the night after the ControlTrends Awards and we were there! The Big Bash took place at the Georgia Aquarium and PENN and Johnson Controls spared no expense in making sure their customers had a big time!

PENN Controls has been making commercial refrigeration controls that have been keeping people and products cool in supermarkets, convenience stores, hotels, and restaurants worldwide. It has been the go-to refrigeration solution for distributors like DMS Controls and Stromquist & Company as well as HVAC service contractors across the globe. PENN has a long history of delivering the freshest ideas in the HVACR industry.

If you like the System 350 as much as we do, be sure to check out the videos because we have a special guest stop by, who was on the original design team for the legendary System 350. The System 350 was one of the first modular control systems and is still being used today. Always moving forward JCI has upgraded the System 350 to the System 450.

Speaking of new fresh ideas watch our video interviews with the Penn and Johnson Controls leadership team to learn what is next. Here are some of the folks we talk to on this two-part video:

Join, Stromquist & Company’s, master trainer and control pro, Tim Chamblee,as he walks us through chiller surge. Tim teaches you what you need to know about chiller surge, and how to protect your chillers.

Tim, with over 40 years in the HVAC service and controls business offers practical tech tips and training, reach out to him directly at tim@stromquist.com, or call him at 1-800-241-9471 to find out about his training classes, or to buy York Chiller parts. Stromquist & Company is a stocking distributor of York chiller parts and would love to help provide these parts when you have a need.

Testo was showing off some really cool products at the 2012 CGNA vendor Showcase including the Testo 570 and 557 refrigeration analyzers and the Testo 875 Thermal Imager.

If you are located in Georgia or Florida one of the Control Pros at Stromquist & Company can help you with your Testo and HVAC Controls needs. If you are located in another part of the country one of our affiliates at Controls Group North America has you covered.

In this video excerpt from a HVAC training class on refrigerant recovery machines and methods, Bacharach’s Jim Mowery walks us through Bacharach’s approach to refrigerant recovery. One of the things that makes Bacharach unique is that they have a complete line up of refrigerant recovery machines. So it does not matter if you are working on residential, commercial, or industrial units Bacharach has a machine for you. [Read more…]

If you need more control than just a thermostat can give but don’t need a full-blown communicating DDC system, The RWD Universal Controllers from Siemens Building Technologies could be just what you’re looking for. This series of controllers is intended for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration in HVAC control applications. The RWD controller combines that highest standards in HVAC control performance with simple operation and monitoring of all inputs and outputs.

Installation and commission are easy with the pre-programmed applications for temperature, static pressure, humidity, air pressure, fluid pressure, refrigeration, air quality and air fluid velocity control. [Read more…]

Ranco’s ETC controls offer a fully-featured electronic replacement for electrical-mechanical temperature controls used in many commercial refrigeration applications. With its wide temperature range, one- and two-stage capability, selectable heating/cooling modes and multi-voltage input, the ETC is designed to provide application flexibility. Models available include 120/208- 240V AC and 24V AC, as well as single stage and two stage.